U64 IXB. Patrol 8.
Departed Lorient on 17.JAN.42 with orders to recon Grid DJ13, thence proceed southward along the Freetown-England commerce lanes, and finaly proceed westward to the Caribeane Sea.
Current Date: 19.FEB.42
Current Location: Grid EE85 (East of Port Of Spain).
Fuel: 78%
Torpedoes: 0 Expended. 14 Remaining.
No contacts of any kind thus far.
(Will continue to operate in early war mode, until we learn of aircraft borne radar the hard way. I hope we survive the lesson, but to suddenly begin traveling submerged at night prior to being attacked, would be a non-historic "competitive edge" I shan't employ.)
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